Columbus 2020: Region employment rising fast

Economic diversity provides boost, while Marion County trails

5:19 AM,
Aug. 15, 2013

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While Columbus 2020 announces second-quarter statistics showing an employment increase for the Columbus Region that outpaces the state and the nation, one of the counties making up the Columbus 2020 membership, Marion County, lags behind.

Columbus metro area employment in the second quarter of 2013 increased 1.6 percent - 15,600 jobs - compared to the state and national increases of 0.5 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. Employment growth over the last 12 months in the Columbus metro area was 1.8 percent while Ohio had a 0.3 percent increase and the United States had a 1.7 percent ...